Fovea Exhibitions, a non-profit whose primary mission is to educate audiences through its gallery shows of photojournalistic work, is marking its fourth anniversary with a new show called JAPAN/now. The show brings together work by more than twenty photojournalists as well as satellite images to tell the story of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and its aftermath. Fovea will also be collecting donations for the Japan Society’s Earthquake Relief Fund.
A man makes his way through devastated Shishiori township of Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture.Shiho FukadaChieko Chiba looks for the remains of her house in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture. "Everything is gone," she said.Shiho FukadaA Japanese Self Defence Force (SDF) soldier looks out at the devastation reflected in the window.Adam Dean—PanosA wedding photo found amid rubble in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture.Ko SasakiA young girl is screened for radiation exposure in Fukushima City.Christoph Bangert—Stern/laif/ReduxThe silent and abandoned streets of Odaka, located within the 20km exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.Donald Weber—VII NetworkFamily members of victims stand next to a coffin as more coffins arrive at a mass funeral in Kesenuma town, Miyagi prefecture. Many municipalities were overwhelmed with corpses and forced to dig mass graves, something almost unthinkable in a nation where the deceased are almost always cremated and their ashes placed in family tombs near Buddhist temples. Local regulations often prohibit burial of bodies completely.Carlos Barria—ReutersAn eight-year-old year boy has his first bath in nearly two weeks at a temporary facility arranged by the Japan Self Defence Force.Adam Dean—PanosA man looks for his personal belongings at a collection center for items found in the rubble in Natori.Kim Kyung-Hoon—Reuters
